... that back in the late seventies or early eighties who proported that his car could get over 100 mpg, has any one ever heard of this guy? ... Hi CLint, I am...
... From what I have read, there are p[roblems controllign the water spray. Smokey Yunick tried using fuel injectors to spray the water, and they would rust...
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All the talk that I've read so far with switchs and water inj. etc. sound way too complicated and expensive to me. Here's what I've done, just taking a little...
Bravo! Goes to show what some common sense can accomplish. Reduce friction everywhere possible. What's the deal with the crank pulley? Is it an aftermarket...
I’m also very curious about the crank pulley. A 7 mpg improvement is huge. What IS a crank pulley? And when you say a “K&N filter,” I assume you mean an...
I thought this was an interesting article-it points out that keeping an SUV instead of trading it in for a smaller, more fuel-efficient car is probably not a...
I've been seriously thinking about weight of late... how much does it really help to reduce the overall weight of a vehicle??? I've got a 1984 datsun/Nissan...
It really depends on where you reduce the weight. If you are reducing rotational weight you will see big gains with little weight removed. Unsprung greatly...
... it really help to reduce the overall weight of a vehicle??? ... body off of and replace with my own design... kinda like a kit car... ... it... (30 mpg was...
... The crank pulley is a lightweight aluminum 50% underdrive unit that I bought from Escortfocus.com. It weighs 3lbs less, which is a huge reduction in...
... than air or ... The crank pulley is the pulley that is mounted to the crankshaft on the engine that is often called a harmonic balancer. It essentially is...
... intellectually bankrupt NY Times? I'd rather you argued the math than rant on about assigned anthropological values to a non-human entity. Cheers Greg...
... aftermarket "high ... the ... Yes, seconded, unbelievable. ... Please provide data or equations to support this assertion. This forum is not called urban...
... experience is about 1/2 mile per gallon per 100 pounds. ... That's interesting. One way to look at that is that if we designed the most super lightweight...
... OK, I checked for a couple of cases. Trade in a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee for a Prius, payback time 8 years. Trade in a 1990 Cressida for a Prius, payback...
Sure! There’s nothing to believe here—just some suggestions about how to figure out for yourself whether or not to keep the thing, based on financial ...
Aha—thanks. I actually googled crank pulley and found this: http://www.machv.com/tip11cranpul.html Says basically, “we sure wouldn’t recommend it if...
Sounds interesting. What do you expect your range to be, on a charge? Any concerns about deep discharging being hard on your battery? Are you using more than...
... les@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Locock" ... So, do you drive around at full throttle? That is the only time an air filter will affect your fuel consumption. - ...
I'm removing the entire body of the truck and replacing it with a new composite body... it will have much better aerodynamics... as well as ~50% of the current...
how many sources do you need Greg? "unsprung weight" http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22unsprung+weight%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Timothy......
Greg... he provided first hand results... what more are you ask from him??? or need it be in a peer reviewed paper for it to be real to you??? Timothy......
not true at all Greg... just note how much change there from changing out a dirty air filter... the effects are throughout the entire range... Timothy......
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